Audiologic Consequences of Gunshot Wounds to the Temporal Bone Show No Relation to Concomitant Neurologic or Vascular Injuries.

Objectives: To evaluate audiologic consequences of gunshot wounds (GSWs) to the temporal bone (TB), and to correlate hearing outcomes with neurologic and vascular injuries adjacent to the temporal bone.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Setting: University-based level-one trauma center.

Cochlear implantation through intracochlear fibrosis: A comparison of surgical techniques.

Objective: While the implications of ossification on cochlear implantation (CI) have been extensively described, there is a paucity of data regarding the fibrotic stage. We examined the outcomes of different insertion techniques for managing intracochlear fibrosis.

Study Design: Retrospective review of case series with case-control comparison.

Management of the facial nerve following temporal bone ballistic injury.

Objective: To understand the patterns of temporal bone fracture and facial nerve injury from ballistic trauma.

Study Design: Retrospective case series.

Methods: Retrospective review of 42 patients evaluated following temporal bone ballistic injury at a single institution, university-based level-one trauma center between 2012 and 2021.

Conversations in Cochlear Implantation: The Inner Ear Therapy of Today.

As biomolecular approaches for hearing restoration in profound sensorineural hearing loss evolve, they will be applied in conjunction with or instead of cochlear implants. An understanding of the current state-of-the-art of this technology, including its advantages, disadvantages, and its potential for delivering and interacting with biomolecular hearing restoration approaches, is helpful for designing modern hearing-restoration strategies. Cochlear implants (CI) have evolved over the last four decades to restore hearing more effectively, in more people, with diverse indications.

Management of traumatic laryngotracheal separation: Case series and review.

Laryngotracheal separation injuries are a rare but serious condition, as survival from such injuries relies on proper airway management. As a result, recommendations for management have been based on small case reports and expert opinion. We reviewed our last 10 years of experience with managing laryngotracheal separation injuries and identified 6 cases for chart review.

A Case of a Nonpetrous Cholesterol Granuloma Presenting as a Temporal Mass.

Objective: A case of a skull base cholesterol granuloma (CG) of the squamosal temporal bone. This is the first ever reported case of CG in a well-pneumatized squamous temporal bone.

Design: Case report and review of the literature.

Sound levels with aural suctioning: Effects of suction size, canal moisture, and distance from the eardrum.

Objective: To determine sound levels resulting from aural suctioning of the external auditory canal.

Methods: Unweighted decibels (dB) and A-weighted decibels (dBA) sound pressure level measurements were recorded using a retrotympanic microphone in cadaveric human temporal bones. Sound measurements were made with common otologic suctions, size 3, 5, and 7 French, within the external ear canal at the tympanic membrane, 5, and 10 mm from the tympanic membrane in the dry condition.

Posttraumatic Cranial Suture Diastasis in Pediatric Temporal Bone Fractures.

Objective: Only a handful of case reports exist describing posttraumatic sutural diastasis in the calvarium and none report concurrent temporal bone involvement. We aim to describe diastasis along the temporal bone suture lines in the setting of temporal bone trauma and to identify clinical sequelae.

Study Design: Retrospective case review.

Mastoid Cavity Myiasis: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.

Objective: We report a case study of mastoid cavity aural myiasis in an urban developed setting and review the relevant literature.

Data Source: Retrospective case report and review of the English literature via PubMed.

Data Selection: English-language articles concerning aural myiasis and mastoid cavity myiasis were included.

The Plication Technique to Enhance the Endoscopic Approach to Zenker's Diverticulum.

Endoscopic stapler approaches to Zenker's diverticulum often yield a persistent diverticulum and recurrent dysphagia up to 20%. A novel technique to reduce the postoperative diverticulum is described. Eight consecutive patients with Zenker's diverticulum who underwent endoscopic stapler diverticulotomy had adjunctive endoscopic plication of the diverticulum wall to functionally reduce the residual diverticulum size.

Medial Approach for the Resection of Goiters with Suprahyoid, Retropharyngeal, or Substernal Extension.

Background: Resection of massive goiters with suprahyoid, retropharyngeal, and substernal extension may not be amenable to standard approaches. This study evaluates a surgical approach allowing resection of massive goiters with minimal substernal and deep neck dissection.

Methods: Cases of thyroidectomy for goiters with substernal, retropharyngeal, or suprahyoid extension at a single institution from 2006 to 2017 were reviewed.